Hello, all!

 

New to the forum. Recently retired Marine. From what I've seen, not a bad start for the often ostracized firearm owner community in NJ. Is it just me or do the uneducated majority of New Jersey residents get uneasy when the topic of firearms come up in conversation?

LOL welcome to the Group Ben!

Semper Fi Brother, what units were you with.

 

Welcome to the forum

"New to the forum. Recently retired Marine. From what I've seen, not a bad start for the often ostracized firearm owner community in NJ. Is it just me or do the uneducated majority of New Jersey residents get uneasy when the topic of firearms come up in conversation?"

 

You'll learn. I am sure they look at you like you are going to start shooting people any day. You have to learn to feel them out and determine their mind set. Come to the Shongum range in and shoot USPSA with us. You will fit right in.

 

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY!

You'll learn. I am sure they look at you like you are going to start shooting people any day. You have to learn to feel them out and determine their mind set. Come to the Shongum range in and shoot USPSA with us. You will fit right in.

 

Col. Mortimer:

 

People around here definitely give you a funny look. You're absolutely right, though. Have to feel them out first. Big difference in mindset from NC to NJ. Many people automatically associate, incorrectly, guns to right wing conservative nuts or the next Binghamton shooter. If only NJ residents were the open-minded intellectuals that we claim to be, instead of blindly buying into anti-gun fabrications force fed into the American psyche by people like, our favorite, Nancy Pelosi. :mrgreen:

 

Might have to take you up on your offer if/when I find the time.

Is it just me or do the uneducated majority of New Jersey residents get uneasy when the topic of firearms come up in conversation?

It isn't just you, Ben. When I got my first guns (back in '81!), I got a half-hour long lecture from my older sister on how "by owning guns you're opening yourself up to the path of violence". :roll: 28 years later, I'm still shooting (and have never so much as pulled my gun on anyone), she's now a vegetarian... and I've taught her son and daughter how to shoot. :twisted: Payback is a... well, you know.

 

Hang in there!

Welcome from Sussex County, and thank you for your service.

 

Is it just me or do the uneducated majority of New Jersey residents get uneasy when the topic of firearms come up in conversation?

It isn't just you, and it isn't just the uneducated. I'm always surprised when educated and professional people revert to dogma and talking points when faced with the prospect of legal and responsible gun ownership in NJ. They just refuse to believe that people should have the right to own weapons, whether just for sport or for protection. It's just unbelievable how committed they are, just on the wrong side of the debate.

 

Ken

she's now a vegetarian

 

Nuff said.

It isn't just you, and it isn't just the uneducated. I'm always surprised when educated and professional people revert to dogma and talking points when faced with the prospect of legal and responsible gun ownership in NJ. They just refuse to believe that people should have the right to own weapons, whether just for sport or for protection. It's just unbelievable how committed they are, just on the wrong side of the debate.

 

Indeed.

 

By uneducated i meant ignorant. By ignorant I meant every liberal (extreme liberal) snob who likes the smell of their own farts.